Vocabulario y Gramática Avanzada de Inglés: Phrasal Verbs, Modales y Voz Pasiva
Vocabulario Esencial en Inglés
- Trend: tendencia
- Willing: dispuesta
- Instant: instantáneo
- Straight: directo / directamente
- Passer-by: viandante
- Crew: tripulación
- Pursued: perseguido
- Crowd: multitud
- Emerged: surgido
- Fiancée: novia / prometida
- Fool: engañar
- Overwhelmed: abrumado
- Surrounded: rodeado
- Infatuation: obsesión
- Pressure: presión
- Bodyguards: guardaespaldas
- In the spotlight: en el punto de mira
- Publicity: publicidad
- Autograph: autógrafo
- Lavish: lujoso
- Role models: modelos de conducta
- Outrageous: escandaloso
- Idol: ídolo
- Heiress: heredera
- Worship: adorar
- Wealthy: rico
- Gossip: cotilleos, cotillear
- Talent scout: cazatalentos
- Notorious: célebres
- Drive: empuje, dinamismo
- Spoilt: mimado
- Controversial: polémico
- Tabloids: prensa amarilla
- Belly, stomach: barriga
- Short cut, quicker route: atajo
- Broken pieces, debris: restos
- Trash, rubbish: basura
- Wiped out, killed: exterminar
- Voyage, sea trip: viaje mar
- Devote, dedicate: dedicarse
- Cut down, reduce: reducir
- Ingest: ingerir
- Nightmare: pesadilla
Expresiones y Phrasal Verbs
- Take for granted: Dar por hecho
- Catch a cold: Pillar un resfriado
- Catch fire: Prender fuego
- Catch the eye: Llamar la atención
- Catch your breath: Recobrar el aliento
- Catch sight of: Avisar / Divisar
- Take pride in: Tomarse muy en serio algo
- Take charge: Hacerse cargo
- Go wild: Desmadrarse, volverse loco
- Go missing: Desaparecer
- Go mad: Volverse loco
- Go bald: Quedarse calvo
- Go abroad: Irse al extranjero
- Go blind: Quedarse ciego
Verbos Modales Perfectos y Estructuras
- Must have: he must have been upset (debe de haberse disgustado).
- May / Might have: she may/might have forgotten (puede que se haya olvidado de).
- Could have: he could have joined (él podía haberse unido).
- Couldn’t have: they couldn’t have predicted (no podían haber predicho).
- Would have: I would have gone (habría ido a la manifestación, pero...).
- Shouldn’t / Ought to have: you shouldn’t / should / ought to have warned (no deberías / deberías haberme avisado).
- Needn’t have: you needn’t have picked (no tenías por qué recoger...).
- Had better: you had better use public transport (es mejor que uses el público / más vale que...). El had better es igual que el should, pero el had better expresa una advertencia.
La Voz Pasiva en Diferentes Tiempos Verbales
- Present simple: sells – is sold
- Past simple: sold – were sold
- Future simple: will sell – will be sold
- Present continuous: is selling – are being sold
- Past continuous: was selling – were being sold
- Present perfect simple: has sold – have been sold
- Past perfect simple: had sold – had been sold
- Conditional: would keep – would be kept
- Perfect conditional: would have kept – would have been kept
- Infinitive present: to keep – to be kept
- Perfect infinitive: to have kept – to have been kept
- Present participle - gerund: keeping – being kept
- Perfect participle: having kept – having been kept
- Future perfect: will have kept – will have been kept
- Modals: should sell – should be sold
- Modal perfect: could have sold – could have been sold
- Have to: has to sell – have to be sold
- Be going to: is going to sell – are going to be sold
Ejercicios Prácticos de Transformación
He should have shown his essay to the teacher:
- His essay should have been shown to the teacher.
- The teacher should have been shown his essay.
People believe that fire broke out last night:
- It is believed that the fire broke out last night.
- That the fire broke out last night is believed by people.